How Zika Infects The Placenta and other top stories.

• How Zika Infects The Placenta

  

  Zika virus can infect and replicate in immune cells from the placenta, without killing them, scientists have discovered. The finding may explain how the virus can pass through the placenta of a pregnant woman, on its way to infect developing brain cells in her fetus. The results are scheduled for publication on May 27 in Cell Host & Microbe. "Our results substantiate the limited evidence from pathology case reports," says senior author Mehul Suthar, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Emo..

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• Are you applying sunscreen the right way?

  

  Pop quiz: Does a sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 30 protect offer twice as much protection as a product with an SPF of 15? Does a higher SPF sunscreen protect someone from the sun longer than a lower SPF sunscreen? Pencils down. The answer to both questions is no. But those who answered incorrectly can take comfort in the fact they aren’t alone. A 2016 survey from the American Academy of Dermatology showed a large number of people who head out into the sun this holiday weekend won’t ..

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• Brains Of Schizophrenia Patients Attempt To Self-Repair, MRI Scans Reveal

  

  Schizophrenia is believed to be a degenerative mental illness. MRI imaging, however, showed that the brains of patients suffering from this condition become more "normal" over time.  ( Lawson Health Research Institute ) Schizophrenia, a mental disorder that influences how a person thinks, acts and feels, currently does not have a cure, but the findings of a new study using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), offers hope to patients affected by the condition. For their research publ..

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• Answers to tough questions about antibiotics, superbugs

  

  We have ourselves to blame for overusing antibiotics in people and squandering them on livestock. Last week, U.S. military researchers said they had identified the first patient in the United States to be infected with bacteria resistant to an antibiotic that was the last resort against drug-resistant germs. The patient has recovered, but the case raised the specter of superbugs that could cause untreatable infections. The idea of people dying from infections once easily cured may seem outland..

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• What You Need to Know About the Cellphone and Cancer Study

  

  Federal researchers have rushed out results from a study that shows cellphone radiation might cause brain and heart tumors in rats. It's a worrisome finding that seems to validate suspicions that have been brushed off by many mainstream scientists for years. Here are some answers to questions about the study: Do I Need to Throw Away My Cellphone? Here's a hint: John Bucher, who is associate director of the National Toxicology Program, which did the study, isn't changing his cellphone hab..

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• 8 more cases of measles confirmed in Arizona

  

  Get all the facts about measles in under 90 seconds. Find out how the disease is transmitted, its signs and symptoms and how the vaccine works. VPCGet the latest health-care news on azcentral.(Photo: azcentral)The Arizona Department of Health Services and Pinal County Public Health Services District have confirmed eight additional cases of measles in Arizona, bringing the total number to 10.The current outbreak started at a private detention center in Eloy with two cases. Officials said..

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• How legal marijuana keeps running into censorship issues

  

  Published: May 27, 2016, 5:36 pm • Updated: May 27, 2016, 7:20 pm By Emily Ornberg, Special To The Cannabist As legalized marijuana expands, so does media coverage of all things related to cannabis. It’s all over websites and blogs, and also newspapers, magazines and podcasts — even ad agencies like Cannabrand and 420Media have formed to specialize in marketing for the booming bud business. But the sprawling marijuana media landscape comes without a blueprint, leaving the ways in which publ..

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• World Health Organization Dismisses Calls To Move Or Postpone Rio Olympics

  

  Health workers get ready to spray insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus in January, under the bleachers of the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, which will be used for the Archery competition in the 2016 summer games. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP Health workers get ready to spray insecticid..

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• California lawmakers quickly pass emergency HIV-organ transplant bill

  

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. –  California lawmakers approved emergency legislation Friday to allow a man with HIV to receive part of his HIV-positive husband's liver before the surgery becomes too dangerous, possibly within weeks. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown promptly signed the bill, which takes effect immediately. The federal government recently authorized transplants of HIV-infected organs to patients who have the disease, but it remained illegal under California law and in more than a dozen other st..

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• Ways women can cut their risk of breast cancer

  

  Women who carry common gene variants linked to breast cancer can still cut their risk of the disease by following a healthy lifestyle, a large new study suggests.In fact, lifestyle might be especially powerful for women at relatively high genetic risk of breast cancer, researchers found."Those genetic risks are not set in stone," said senior researcher Nilanjan Chatterjee, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.The study found that four lifestyle factors wer..

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